🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <51imrr$s6n@franklin.its.utas.edu.au>,
cl@tasman.its.utas.edu.au (Christian Lawrence) wrote:

> af_chan@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Anthony Chan) writes:
> >
> >Especially when I am getting heaps of s*!t from unwanted people trying to
> >flog off something to me.
> >
> >Why do they insist on getting my name off newsgroups and sending me crap?
> 
> You could always do what I do, stay off the newsgroups but that wouldn't
> solve anything - they still track you down.  (They're coming out of the walls,
> man!!)
> 
> An alternative is to *BOUNCE* their s*!t back to them and modify the
subject to
> read something like "Not at this address" or "Sorry, I already have religion".
> But don't just bounce it once, do it many times until you get a replying
> message like "STOP!!" or until our illustrious postmaster cans yours email
> account.  Either which way, your problems are solved. B>

[snip]

The following was sent to me a couple of weeks ago, responding as it
suggests seems to have reduced the quantity of unsolicited mail I receive.
(May just be coincidence of course). Scuse the shouting, twas how it
arrived:

***begin included text***

     IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACED IN A WORLDWIDE DATABASE OF PEOPLE WHO WISH NOT TO
RECEIVE UNSOLICITED EMAIL, WHICH OVER 2800 MAILING COMPANIES USE TO "WASH" THEIR
NAMES- JUST SEND EMAIL TO REMOVE@FREEMARK.COM.

***end included text***

As to bouncing the mail, you could always ask your postmaster to include
the originating site in the mail server's ban list...of course if you get
*real* mail from aol you might not want to take that course...

Have Fun
MArtin

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Martin Crisp B.Sc.  <mcrisp@toursr.tas.gov.au>
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